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. 1976 Feb;9(2):357–358. doi: 10.1128/aac.9.2.357

Electrically Generated Silver Ions: Quantitative Effects on Bacterial and Mammalian Cells

T J Berger 1, J A Spadaro 1, S E Chapin 1, R O Becker 1
PMCID: PMC429529  PMID: 944551

Abstract

The inhibitory and bactericidal concentrations of electrically generated silver ions were 10 to 100 times lower than for silver sulfadiazine. Effects on normal mammalian cells were minimal.

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